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By Robert Wilonsky in News You Can Actually Use, Actually

Wednesday, Mar. 4 2009 @ 9:19AM

A familiar name shows up as one of the contributors to the March Popular Mechanics cover story -- former Observer-er Joe Pappalardo, long time no see. Joe's among four writers playing Fox Mulder this month as he goes in search of ... "The Truth Behind UFO Sightings." Not surprisingly, the search takes them out to Erath County, where, on January 8 of last year, folks had themselves a close encounter with bright lights being chased by F-16s. Among those interviewed is Steve Allen, who maintains the Stephenville Lights site devoted to that magical day.

So, what's the conclusion? Well, it's a lengthy piece, but there is this spoiler midway through the story:

Stephenville is only the latest in a long list of UFO incidents that are likely based on military operations, starting with the Battle of Los Angeles. Whether the recent Texas sightings were flight exercises involving evasion flares or tests of an existing plane, a new plane or a UAV, any military activity in the area is likely to remain unexplained for awhile. We now know about the secret programs behind the UFO sightings of decades ago. But what of programs that are still secret?

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Anonymous says:

UFO = Unexplained military aircraft.

Imagine what people thought the first time they witnessed the B-2 Stealth Bomber?

Posted On: Wednesday, Mar. 4 2009 @ 12:28PM

Anonymous II says:

My buddy down in the Stephenville area has seen something twice in the past month (most recently on Monday). They are always followed by two F-16s, which makes you wonder what the hell is going on down there. The first one he saw was an object that started off in the shape of a triangle and then evolved into a circle and shot off into the sky. The second one was a giant sphere of light that split into two and then disappeared.

Posted On: Wednesday, Mar. 4 2009 @ 1:09PM